Miss Schmitt Ag Earth Science Chapter 30 Moons Miss Schmitt Ag Earth Science Chapter 30

Vocabulary You will have a vocabulary sheet for both chapter 29 and 30 tomorrow

Definitions Moon Satellite Crater A natural satellite Anything that orbits a larger object Crater Bowl shaped depression

Planets with moons Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn

Planets that have satellites Uranus Neptune Pluto

Earth’s Moon Close enough to easily be seen Interior of the moon is much like the Earth’s core but much cooler The moons origin Hypothesized it used to be a part of Earth

Earth and it’s moon

Venus and Earth’s Moon

Mars Moons 2 Moons Orbit very quickly around the planet Phobos and Deimos Orbit very quickly around the planet Irregular shape not spherical like Earth’s moon

Jupiter moons Has at least 17 possibly up to 40 Io is the closest to Jupiter and similar in size to Earth’s moon Io has active volcanoes on it Many of Jupiter’s rings are associated with it’s rings

Saturn Moons Has at least 18 moons Titan Largest moon Has an atmosphere composed mostly of nitrogen

Satellites Uranus Neptune Pluto Has about 20 Has 8 icy satellites/moons Pluto 1 – Charon – half the size of Pluto

Activity Section 30.3 Fold your paper in half like a hot dog Then fold it in half the other way Repeat the second fold You should end up with 8 boxes On this sheet of paper you will recreate the phases of the moon. On one side you will draw that phase, on the back describe that phase.